Banana Pi BPI-M64 is a 64-bit quad-core mini single board computer. It features 2GB of RAM and 8GB eMMC. It also has onboard WiFi and BT. On the ports side, the BPI-M64 has 2 USB A 2.0 ports, 1 USB OTG port, 1 HDMI port, 1 audio jack, and lastly a DC power port. The processor is pin-to-pin comptialbe with R18, so it comes with two versions:M64 and M64-R18.

Also being a member of the Banana Pi family, the M64 is a big jump from the octa-core BPI-M3. This is because this Banana Pi BPI is named after its 64-bit SoC. BPI-M64 will be reserved for an upcoming board

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40 Pin Header : GPIO (x28) and Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND). GPIO pins can be used for UART, I2C, SPI or PWM

Switches

Reset, Power and U-boot

LED

Power Status and 8P8C

Power Source

5 volt @2A via DC Power and/or Micro USB (OTG)

Size & Weight

92x60mm, 48g

OS

Android and Linux

GPIO PIN define

Banana Pi BPI-M64 has a 40-pin GPIO header that matches that of the Model Raspberry Pi 3. Following is the Banana Pi GPIO Pinout:

40 PIN GPIO of Banana pi BPI-M64

GPIO Pin Name

Default Function

Function2：GPIO

Function3

CON2-P01

VCC-3V3

CON2-P02

VCC-5V

CON2-P03

TWI1-SDA

PH3

CON2-P04

VCC-5V

CON2-P05

TWI1-SCK

PH2

CON2-P06

GND

CON2-P07

PH6

PH6

CON2-P08

UART2-TX

PB0

CON2-P09

GND

CON2-P10

UART2-RX

PB1

CON2-P11

PH7

PH7

CON2-P12

UART2-CTS

PB3

CON2-P13

DMIC-CLK

PH10

CON2-P14

GND

CON2-P15

DMIC-DIN

PH11

CON2-P16

UART2-RTS

PB2

CON2-P17

VCC-3V3

CON2-P18

PD4

PD4

CON2-P19

SPI1-MOSI

PD2

UART4-TX

CON2-P20

GND

CON2-P21

SPI1-MISO

PD3

UART4-RX

CON2-P22

PC0

PC0

CON2-P23

SPI1-CLK

PD1

UART3-RX

CON2-P24

SPI1-CS

PD0

UART3-TX

CON2-P25

GND

CON2-P26

PC2

PC2

CON2-P27

PC4

PC4

CON2-P28

PC3

PC3

CON2-P29

PC7

PC7

CON2-P30

GND

CON2-P31

PCM0-BCLK

PB5

CON2-P32

PCM0-DIN

PB7

CON2-P33

PCM0-SYNC

PB4

CON2-P34

GND

CON2-P35

PCM0-DOUT

PB6

CON2-P36

PL9

PL9

CON2-P37

PL12

PL12

CON2-P38

PL7

PL7

CON2-P39

GND

CON2-P40

PL8

PL8

CSI Camera Connector specification:

The CSI Camera Connector is a 40-pin FPC connector which can connect external camera module with proper signal pin mappings. The pin definitions of the CSI interface are shown as below. This is marked on the Banana Pi board as “Camera”.

CSI camer PIN define of Banana pi BPI-M64

CSI Pin Name

Default Function

Function2：GPIO

CN5-P01

NC

CN5-P02

GND

CN5-P03

CSI0-SDA

PE13

CN5-P04

CSI0-AVDD

CN5-P05

CSI0-SCK

PE12

CN5-P06

CSI0-Reset

PE16

CN5-P07

CSI0-VSYNC

CN5-P08

CSI0-PWDN

PE17

CN5-P09

CSI0-HSYNC

PE2

CN5-P10

CSI0-DVDD

CN5-P11

CSI0-DOVDD

CN5-P12

CSI0-D7

PE11

CN5-P13

CSI0-MCLK

PE1

CN5-P14

CSI0-D6

PE10

CN5-P15

GND

CN5-P16

CSI0-D5

PE9

CN5-P17

CSI0-PCLK

PE0

CN5-P18

CSI0-D4

PE8

CN5-P19

CSI0-D0

PE4

CN5-P20

CSI0-D3

PE7

CN5-P21

CSI0-D1

PE5

CN5-P22

CSI0-D2

PE6

CN5-P23

GND

CN5-P24

CSI0-AFVCC

MIPI DSI (Display Serial Interface)

The display Connector is a 40-pin FPC connector which can connect external LCD panel (MIPI DSI) and touch screen (I2C) module as well. The pin definitions of this connector are shown as below. This is marked on the Banana Pi board as “DSI”.

MIPI DSI display PIN define of Banana pi BPI-M64

DSI Pin Name

Default Function

Function2：GPIO

CN6-P01

VCC

CN6-P02

IPSOUT

CN6-P03

VCC

CN6-P04

IPSOUT

CN6-P05

GND

CN6-P06

IPSOUT

CN6-P07

GND

CN6-P08

IPSOUT

CN6-P09

NC

CN6-P10

GND

CN6-P11

NC

CN6-P12

DSI-D0N

CN6-P13

NC

CN6-P14

DSI-D0P

CN6-P15

NC

CN6-P16

GND

CN6-P17

TWI0-SDA

PH1

CN6-P18

DSI-D1N

CN6-P19

TWI0-SCK

PH0

CN6-P20

DSI-D1P

CN6-P21

CTP-INT

PH4

CN6-P22

GND

CN6-P23

CTP-RST

PH8

CN6-P24

DSI-CKN

CN6-P25

GND

CN6-P26

DSI-CKP

CN6-P27

LCD-BL-EN

PD5

CN6-P28

GND

CN6-P29

LCD-RST

PD6

CN6-P30

DSI-D2N

CN6-P31

LCD-PWR-EN

PD7

CN6-P32

DSI-D2P

CN6-P33

GND

CN6-P34

GND

CN6-P35

LCD-PWM

PL10

CN6-P36

DSI-D3N

CN6-P37

GND

CN6-P38

DSI-D3P

CN6-P39

NC

CN6-P40

GND

UART specification:

The header CON2 is the UART interface. For developers of Banana Pi, this is an easy way to get the UART console output to check the system status and log message.

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI]) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. UEFI replaces the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface originally present in all IBM PC-compatible personal computers
AllWinner UEFI Firmware Release Notes

This document describes how to build AllWinner UEFI Firmware and bring a AllWinner dev board up with it. The AllWinner UEFI Firmware, as the major boot system for AllWinner-Windows platform, is based on the EDK2 framework which is open-source and with some AllWinner platform software packages injected.

6. Support built-in UART bus in A64 SoC\(not built in the ffu, later provide driver binary and deployment helper\)

7. Support built-in IR module in A64 SoC\(not built in the ffu, later provide source code and dev doc for developers in community\)

Known Issues:

Kernel debug is enabled by default. This will slow the bring-up process. If a kernel debug is not necessary for you, visit Device Portal and navigate to Processes->Run Command page, run this command to disable : Bcdedit /store C:\EFIESP\EFI\Microsoft\boot\BCD /set {default} debug off

An PnP bug in audio device may cause a blue screen when acting software shutdown

Ethernet device may not start with problem code 12 at the first time to bring up

And another bomb! I uploaded core driver binaries and packaging toolchains on GitHub!

FreeBSD

FreeBSD on Allwinner (sunxi) systems for banana pi

Banana pi as the official partner of Allwinner , must banana pi product use Allwinner chip design . such as A20/A31S/H3/H2+/A64/A83T , and FreeBSD have support many Allwinner . so easy to use on banana pi board.